Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-20
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con, don't blame Molle for any.
thing: | don't believe ] would una
. fault with her for anything less tilali
afurderine the baby, she IS Sich a
treasure
."Am to understand from that as
searion that YOU would smile upon
, her If she put me out OF the way L
presume you would sir, but can as
sire you she is too fond OF her great
lout ID q lover to giveyou one Thought
il ! were dead a dozen times. Queer
that such a nice girl should love such
u specimen as he IS.
ale possesses one characteristic of
gentleman, he smokes good cigars.
The kitchen was redolent with the
smoke OF first class Havanas last
evening after he went away"
~ am glad to hear that" laughed
Evelyn "r or that is an indication
of extravaganza, ard if ne is extrava-
CANT ne cannot very soon be in tposi-
ton to take Mollie away from us.
She says she will never marry him I'M
til they have together saved enough
to procure little home"
One night after Mo.lie had been with
us three months she saved the house
from being broken into by burglars.
Our house dog, who always barked on
the slightest provocat.on, made so UNI
usual u protest at sounds
which Evelyn and ] slept through
all unconsciously that Mollie
arose and inspected the man.
sion, and awakned me few minutes
later, her brown eyes wide with fear.
II saw man drop from the slant
ing root" she said, land take to his
heels. l know some one was trying
to enter the house"
"And but for your watchfulness and
ycur nerve, he would have succeeded,
no doubt | said. And then, after
the fashion OF brave men, when the
burglar has gone, arose and made
thorough Investigation of the house.
Turned on all the gas Jets and slam
med all the doors, as If to say:
who's afraid?-not l."
During the next week kept brace
CT pistols i'll my room, but Steps
soundly through all the noises OF the
night. Ii | happened to hear the dog
bark turned over with contented
consciousness that Molie would hear
and investigate. And like the man
who crept down stairs behind the
shelter of his wife's skirts at Il SIMILAR
juncture, thought, "It would be O.
very mean burglar who would harm q
woman anyhow"
Six weeks later Mollie aroused us
early III the morning with the start
ling announcement that the house
had been robbed. All the solid silver
was gone from the dining room and
the window was wide open.
| sprang to my feet and made u
clutch for my clothing which hung
over chair. Yes, my purse, which |
had left IN one pocket, containing S25
was gone.
Just then Evelyn moaned "Oh,
my rings and brooch are gone left
them on the dresser and they are not
nerel'
ooh, Evelyn" ] cried, chow foolish
and careless you We're to leave your
iewelry there"
Yes, dear" Evelyn answered, meek
y, II ought to have put it with your
watch under the pillow" and as she
spoke removed both pillows and dis
closed the fact that my watch, too,
was missing
ut would have been easier for the
burglars if we had only put everything
,heywanted in one place, you know"
Evelyn added, maliciously, land | am
50 glad you had your pistols handy,
John, dear"
Mollie IN the meantime had disap.
peared-possibly at the juncture when
made wild rush Tor my clothing
and now she reappeared with tear-wet
eyes. Only room was entered, too"
she said, "and 81 OF my money taken,
and my gold ring.
''Never mind, I'll make it all right
with YOU" said, ''but how was it
that you slept through it all, Molie?"
II don't know-only it had been
washing day and was very tired
And did you hear the dog at all?''
''No; | don't believe he barked. I
can't understand it, Perhaps they
nad dragged him during the day, or
something"
or course sent for the police, and
of course they took an inventory of
The rooms and the missing articles.
md OF course they looked wise and
| knowing, and OF course that was the
asst OF it. | paid Molle her 50, and
Ter lover, jim, supplied another ring
shortly, and the domestic machinery
went on as before.
John, said Evelyn one day tome,
you must stop smoking so much. or
| you'll be paralyzed one OF these DAYS.
It IS perfectly awful the amount Of
'igars you consume.
81 don't smoke any more than